So weak that FedEx — a key global economic bellwether and the second-largest delivery company after UPS (NYSE:UPS) — lowered its Q1 earnings forecast last month. The result: a fall totaling 8% for the past three months, plus a drop of two spots for the contest.

With that in mind, the company should be pretty happy with its measly 1% gains for the year. And the latest sell-off could actually be a nice buying opportunity, for the long haul at least.